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Best movies of the decade
by onlysoxfaninboston on Dec 12, 2009 5:22 PM EST
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I was thinking about the previous fanpost on music and was thinking along similar lines for music, regardless of format, language, popularity, year it was produced, etc, movies are far more accessible now in the digital age. Most of the movies I list are foreign..the Bourne series was borderline for me, I think that series lifted the bar for spy/action thrillers
Crouching tiger hidden dragon
In the mood for love
Y tu mama tambien
Lord of the rings trilogy
L'enfant
Pan’s labyrinth
The wind that shakes the barley
The lives of others
28 days later
Documentaries - Farhenheit 911, helvetica, we jam econo
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Miller excluded from HoF (again)
For the idiots who say that the hall of fame is meant for those who played the game, well, it's not. Owners and execs can get in, like Bowie f'n Kuhn, so Marvin Miller should, it's as simple as that.
Damon to White Sox?
Am I da man? Isn't this guy like 40 something now?
Williams' head abused at facility
Good stuff: "Larry Johnson says in the book "Frozen: My Journey Into the World of Cryonics, Deception and Death" that he watched an Alcor official swing a monkey wrench at Williams' frozen severed head to try to remove a tuna can stuck to it. The first swing accidentally struck the head, Johnson contends, and the second knocked the tuna can loose."
2009 Prospect Duds: Dayan Viciedo
Viciedo’s .692 OPS versus right-handed pitchers is cause for concern, as are the scouting reports that focused more and more on his lack of conditioning, which no doubt hindered him at the plate, as well as in the field. He showed worse range than Oakland’s Brett Wallace, widely considered to be a first baseman playing third base (especially based on his range). Unfortunately for Viciedo, he has yet to display enough power to be an asset at first base, and he lacks the mobility for even left field. The Cuban also performed poorly in a small sample size as the designated hitter in double-A, which could be a result of his focus issues.
"I'm not much for cards but I think these .45's beat a full house" : We're playing Bmore yo, it's time for another Wire thread!
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 21, 2009 8:50 AM EDT
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OM said some crazy shit the other day about Burrell being less intelligent than Rawls. The thread got shat on subsequently...well to prevent similar episodes this weekend, you can shit all you want about the Wire, but on this thread... proposed topics:
Weebay vs Chris
Jew lawyers
The Olsen twins
I'm off to Denmark for a 'real' vacation in several hours. If I see any racist political cartoons in the name of free speech, I'll post them on SSS and cause a riot in SBnation
OT music thread: indie rock, when it used to be the electric white boy blues
by onlysoxfaninboston on Aug 12, 2009 1:14 PM EDT
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I experienced another whoosh when MM posted a Mountain Goats reference that slipped by me...I've fallen behind the indie rock times...I've become old and crotchety and everybody's an asshole in my eyes. They just don't make indie music like they used to (big exception is No Age). And if there was a WCKG for indie rock, I would be the DJ playing "The Freed Pig" by Sebadoh at least 5x from 9-5, Monday through Friday.
Anyway, I recently made a mix that comprised the nuggets from the artists I used to listen to heavily from 1988 up to 1999. Neither is the time period nor the artists I chose were random. For example, I left out REM, the Replacements, the Smiths, Housemartins, Go-Betweens, most of the groundbreaking indie music from SST and Touch and Go. In proper order:
Tortoise - Gamera
Stereolab - Au grand jour
Yo La Tengo - Sugarcube
Heavenly - Tool
The Clean - I wait around
Teenage Fanclub - Everything flows
Pavement - Date with IKEA
Superchunk - It's so hard to fall in love
Dinosaur Jr - Just like heaven
Vaselines - Son of a gun
Guided by Voices - Teenage FBI (alternative version)
Belle and Sebastian - The state i'm in
Sea and Cake - Jacking the ball
Modest Mouse - Polar opposites
Pixies - Wave of mutilation (surf version)
Jesus and Mary Chain - Just like honey
Other notes: I'm holding back on the shows I'm seeing this fall because I'm saving up for a big move during the winter months, but I will see the Dirty Three and Os Mutantes (!!!) in September and October.
Cheers,
OSFIB
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Donald Fehr set to leave as union head
Joe Sheehan provides a well balanced write-up on Fehr in BP.
Anonymous poll - Should Gordon Beckham be on our opening roster as starting second basemen?
by onlysoxfaninboston on Mar 16, 2009 5:07 PM EDT
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Goddamn music thread
by onlysoxfaninboston on Feb 10, 2009 7:12 PM EST
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OT: Movies of the year, that means 2008 bitches
by onlysoxfaninboston on Dec 17, 2008 10:49 AM EST
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Week After Jim's Weekly Music Thread: Best albums YOU WERE INTRODUCED TO (NOT NECESSARILY BEST ALBUMS OF NEW MUSIC RELEASED IN 2008 YOU GODDAMN KNUCKLEHEADS) IN '08? Edition
by onlysoxfaninboston on Dec 7, 2008 12:24 PM EST
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It's been a while...so yeah. Let's move this one up.
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ozzie, that crazy guy
by onlysoxfaninboston on Jul 23, 2008 6:53 PM EDT
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ESPN's Jerry Crasnick ranks his favorite Ozzie blow-ups. I agree with #1 and #2, but #5 shouldn't receive a rank to someone who can read between the fucking lines. Actually, this article as a whole provides nothing new.
Why post then? I was curious, what's your favorite Ozzie quote or moment? It doesn't have to be a blow-up ya'll.
For me - and I can't find the article that has the actual quote - but it was in 2005, and Ozzie described his use of Jenks analogous to riding a thoroughbred, that sometimes you gotta yank Bobby a bit to get him to behave. Fucking old school...
Another wire thread yo - season 1
by onlysoxfaninboston on Jul 21, 2008 3:30 PM EDT
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I moved to another apartment this month and I no longer have HBO on demand. It was through HBO on-demand that I met and loved "The Wire". I didn't grow to love The Wire, it was love at first site baby. I recently burned the DVDs to maintain my 'healthy' addiction.
Some folks are still working on subsequent seasons, so I have a couple questions regarding Season 1:
1. Favorite character?
I'm going with Daniels for Season 1. He's one serious motherfucker not to be messed with even though McNulty gets under his skin more than once. He does an admiral job supporting his subordinates who are doing good police work and satisfying his bumbling superiors at the same time.
2. Everybody (not just white people) likes The Wire, but was there anything about Season 1 that you disliked?
I'm just wondering, how does Omar manage not to get knocked off?? Especially when he's having chit-chats with Prop Joe at his office.
3. Do you think the underlying criticism of the drug war
does not go far enough in Season 1?
Let ya'll tackle that one. David Simon's approach to producing this show was analogous to writing a novel, so perhaps Season 1 was just the first chapter that introduces the players, the concepts...That said, there was no mention of draconian/racist drug laws in this season.
Happy Birthday Frank
by onlysoxfaninboston on May 27, 2008 5:42 PM EDT
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"[Ed's Note: It's Frank Thomas' birthday today, his 40th, which deserves 40 reminders of why he's the man. So here are some options for when you raise the glass to the Big Hurt.]
-You've played so long people forgot how great you were while young. You won back to back MVP Award's before you were 27, the baseball age that should signifiy the start of the prime years. Here, here!"
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